“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.

And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,

and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

The people of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

Redemption of the Firstborn

And the Lord said to Moses, “List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.

And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.

and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.

“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”

So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp.

Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.

And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.

“Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers' house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers' houses, twelve staffs. Write each man's name on his staff,

and write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers' house.

And the Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father's house belonging to the Simeonites.

And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was the tribal head of a father's house in Midian.

Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

“Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.

But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.

The Daughters of Zelophehad

Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brothers.”

Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.